Welcome to EDFN 4167: The History of American Education
Today is Wednesday February 1st, 2147
Essential Question: In what ways have our modern drafting and editing processes been influenced by historical artifacts and procedures?
DO NOW: Please approach the front table and observe the artifacts from an authentic 2012 classroom. Discuss with your classmates what you think the application of each artifact could have been. Consider the constraints and approaches specific to the 21st century school.
Note: I know that three-dimensional items are something you do not encounter every day. Please feel free to pick them up and touch them. Once you have had a real-life experience with each three-dimensional artifact, return to your seat for a class discussion. Type With Me - by Emily di Febo
Source -willyou.typewith.me
Below, we see some very sweet high school kids with a wonderfully ecological message. However, don't be fooled by the trick question at the end! The answer is C: None of the above. Read on...
Endangered Species: The meaningfully marked up essay. (credits: www.williamcronan.com Photo by Trish McCane)
Overview -
Type With Me is an EtherPad used by any party who would like to share editing marks and changes to a document. It is a hybrid between Google Docs and the Review feature on Word. Students and teachers can see the changes one another has made and write and respond to prompts, notes and questions. Group members can peer edit and share revisions in a paperless forum.
Will our grandchildren even understand the appeal of the iTunes app, Paper Toss? (Credits itunes.apple.com)
Advantages -
Gone are the days of wastebaskets full of crumpled drafts. Goodbye red pen and the infamous little "carrot". Never again ask the student beside you "did she say to staple the rough draft or the final on top?" Say hello to a new generation of the drafting, editing and revising process. Kids can even "chat" just like in class. Wait, is that a disadvantage? Aside from its clear ecological advantages, I predict that Type With Me and similar sites will encourage an entirely new concept in the drafting process - two way communication between teacher and student. In the past, a student submitted his work, the teacher critiqued it, the student made the changes the teacher requested (or did not) and the teacher gave a final grade. Type With Me subtly encourages the teacher to support the student through the drafting process. Lastly, an EtherPad document cannot be lost. What are our poor dogs going to eat now that there is no more homework lying around on the tables of family kitchens nationwide?
(Credits: www.computerhowtoguide.com)
Disadvantages -
Type With Me is a wonderful start to what I see as a new trend in education. However, it is just that - a start. As with video games, cell phones, cars and many other inventions, it will continue to adapt and improve. For now, I have included a bulleted list of what I have found when attempting to implement Type With Me in my classroom:
There are no diacritics available. I was able to remedy this problem by using my computer's character map. On my PC, it can be found under System Tools and sent to the desktop and/or task bar. From here, students can copy and paste accent marks, inverted question marks and symbols.
I have not had any success uploading a Power Point to Type With Me. It appears to only support documents, PDFs and HTML.
While Type With Me is accessible from your smartphone, I don'trecommend it. You can read, type and erase editing marks on an existing pad but saving a new pad is tricky. If you decide to try it, use landscape orientation.
There is a limited editing toolbox. Users cannot change the justification or font style.
Type With Me does not support images or text boxes.
Type With Me can be intimidating and overwhelming for the first-time user since there is little guidance. A link on the homescreen redirects users to a trouble-shooting forum, but the rest of the site appears to ascribe to the "throw them in the deep end" philosophy. It assumes a certain level of understanding regarding wikis in general and essay writing in particular.
Finally, a very basic disadvantage cannot ever be improved by the Type With Me staff. What shall we do in the case of viruses, loss of internet connection and power outages? In those cases, a good old hardcopy is one's only saving grace.
Technical Directions -
Are you ready to save trees and interact with your students? If so, click on the student of whom you would like to make 24 clones to fill the desks in your future classroom.
Since this process works like a conversation, there will be two roles below. We will begin with you taking on the role of the student, the creator of the document.
When you see this screen, click on "New Pad"(If you already had documents saved, you would simply type your user name in the window and press "OK".)
Look for the controls in the upper right hand corner of the computer. Create your user name by clicking this button:When the window pops up, type your username in the white space. Click on the blue box to change your editing color. The kids will love this since you get to create a color of your own much like the custom colors option in Word.
To upload a document from your computer, click on the double arrow. To start from scratch, simply delete the text that you see in the window and begin typing inspired words of genius.
Once you are content with your document, click this button: . You will see three share options: a link, an embed code and even a QR code.
For the second half of the directions, please step into the role of teacher.
Ready to edit a document? Either use the share method that you chose or go to the home pageand type the student's user name.
Make your editing changes directly onto the essay. Your typing will show up with your username's chosen hilight color. You may hilight text and click the strikethrough, underline and/or italics buttons. You decide how to use these editing tools but an idea could be to use the italics for spelling errors, the underline for grammar errors and the strikethrough for awkward or superfluous text.
Finally, slip back into the role of student.
Use your preferred method to open the document.
Make the editing changes that your teacher requires.
Once you are finished, you can click this button to erase any leftover hilighting: Encourage students to "keep it clean" by removing editing hilights each time they save their updates. The rainbow can get confusing and cumbersome.
For fun, click on the clock and watch an animated timeline of your editing changes: Warning, students can see everything you have ever typed. Think before you type. You may (or may not) want to share this warning with them. Click here to watch an animated timeline of an editing dialogue I had with a student of mine.
Uses in the Secondary Classroom - Now that you have a handle on things, play around and see what you can do. You do not just have to use this for the drafting process, create interactive and unique lessons that require students to use analysis and express opinion. Here are some sparks to help you fire up your lesson plans!> Share this wiki page with students and teachers on your friend list today:
Similar Sites www.docs.google.com This site functions similarly to Type With Me. The difference is that changes are not tracked or hilighted for the other users. Editors use the feature "insert comment" when they want to point out changes or corrections. I would use Google Docs for group work or team planning, but stick with Type With Me to create a student-teacher dialogue.
Welcome to EDFN 4167: The History of American Education
Today is Wednesday February 1st, 2147
Essential Question: In what ways have our modern drafting and editing processes been influenced by historical artifacts and procedures?
DO NOW: Please approach the front table and observe the artifacts from an authentic 2012 classroom. Discuss with your classmates what you think the application of each artifact could have been. Consider the constraints and approaches specific to the 21st century school.
Note: I know that three-dimensional items are something you do not encounter every day. Please feel free to pick them up and touch them. Once you have had a real-life experience with each three-dimensional artifact, return to your seat for a class discussion.
Type With Me - by Emily di Febo
Source - willyou.typewith.me
Below, we see some very sweet high school kids with a wonderfully ecological message. However, don't be fooled by the trick question at the end! The answer is C: None of the above. Read on...
Overview -
Type With Me is an EtherPad used by any party who would like to share editing marks and changes to a document. It is a hybrid between Google Docs and the Review feature on Word. Students and teachers can see the changes one another has made and write and respond to prompts, notes and questions. Group members can peer edit and share revisions in a paperless forum.
Advantages -
Gone are the days of wastebaskets full of crumpled drafts. Goodbye red pen and the infamous little "carrot". Never again ask the student beside you "did she say to staple the rough draft or the final on top?" Say hello to a new generation of the drafting, editing and revising process. Kids can even "chat" just like in class. Wait, is that a disadvantage? Aside from its clear ecological advantages, I predict that Type With Me and similar sites will encourage an entirely new concept in the drafting process - two way communication between teacher and student. In the past, a student submitted his work, the teacher critiqued it, the student made the changes the teacher requested (or did not) and the teacher gave a final grade. Type With Me subtly encourages the teacher to support the student through the drafting process. Lastly, an EtherPad document cannot be lost. What are our poor dogs going to eat now that there is no more homework lying around on the tables of family kitchens nationwide?
Disadvantages -
Type With Me is a wonderful start to what I see as a new trend in education. However, it is just that - a start. As with video games, cell phones, cars and many other inventions, it will continue to adapt and improve. For now, I have included a bulleted list of what I have found when attempting to implement Type With Me in my classroom:
Technical Directions -
Are you ready to save trees and interact with your students? If so, click on the student of whom you would like to make 24 clones to fill the desks in your future classroom.
Since this process works like a conversation, there will be two roles below. We will begin with you taking on the role of the student, the creator of the document.
For the second half of the directions, please step into the role of teacher.
Finally, slip back into the role of student.
Uses in the Secondary Classroom -
Now that you have a handle on things, play around and see what you can do. You do not just have to use this for the drafting process, create interactive and unique lessons that require students to use analysis and express opinion. Here are some sparks to help you fire up your lesson plans!> Share this wiki page with students and teachers on your friend list today:
Similar Sites
www.docs.google.com This site functions similarly to Type With Me. The difference is that changes are not tracked or hilighted for the other users. Editors use the feature "insert comment" when they want to point out changes or corrections. I would use Google Docs for group work or team planning, but stick with Type With Me to create a student-teacher dialogue.